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Exodus 30

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Exodus 30 Bible text

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“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.

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And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.

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Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

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A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

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You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.

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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

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You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.

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And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it.

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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

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And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

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You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.

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And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

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Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.

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And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.

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When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.

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And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

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You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.

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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon.

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Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”

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And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Jehovah.

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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“When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh when you count them, that there be no plague among them when you count them.

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When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

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They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel or about

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This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.

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Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.

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Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.

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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, or about

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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

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You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

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And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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“You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

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Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

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Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.

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And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

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When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

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when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”

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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

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Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; or about

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Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,

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and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin

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and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

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You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,

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And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

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the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

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and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,

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the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.

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and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.

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You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

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And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

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And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

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It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you.

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Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

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Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’”

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Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

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Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum: sweet spices with pure frankincense. There shall be an equal weight of each.

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And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight;

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You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

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and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:

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You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.

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and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

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You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.

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And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah.

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Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

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Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.